<p>Ghaziabad: A hotelier and four of his employees were arrested for assaulting and holding hostage a team from the Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) that had arrived to investigate electricity theft, police said on Friday.</p>.<p>The UPPCL team, led by SDO Navneet Pandey and Junior Engineer Narendra Kushwah, was confronted and forcibly confined to a room at Shahid's hotel in Behta Hazipur, Loni town, after they found a significant amount of electricity being stolen and consumed at the hotel, a senior official said.</p>.<p>"The police promptly responded to the situation, rescuing the UPPCL officials and taking the accused into custody," said Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Bhaskar Verma.</p>.<p>The accused were booked under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and produced in the court from where they were sent to jail, he added.</p>.<p>Four accomplices of the hotel owner are currently in custody, while an equal number remain at large and are being pursued by the authorities, the ACP said.</p>
<p>Ghaziabad: A hotelier and four of his employees were arrested for assaulting and holding hostage a team from the Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) that had arrived to investigate electricity theft, police said on Friday.</p>.<p>The UPPCL team, led by SDO Navneet Pandey and Junior Engineer Narendra Kushwah, was confronted and forcibly confined to a room at Shahid's hotel in Behta Hazipur, Loni town, after they found a significant amount of electricity being stolen and consumed at the hotel, a senior official said.</p>.<p>"The police promptly responded to the situation, rescuing the UPPCL officials and taking the accused into custody," said Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Bhaskar Verma.</p>.<p>The accused were booked under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and produced in the court from where they were sent to jail, he added.</p>.<p>Four accomplices of the hotel owner are currently in custody, while an equal number remain at large and are being pursued by the authorities, the ACP said.</p>